Legal Opinion
Dacus v. Spin-Nes Realty & Construction Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 1, 1968PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
On January 20,1962, three workmen, Roy Dacus, Patrick Kenny and Ralph Moracco, were drowned in Seneca Lake when the vessel on which they were working sank. Their widows received compensation awards from the decedents’ employer, defendant Spiniello & Nesto Corp. They also brought the present action, claiming negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel, against several defendants who allegedly “ owned, controlled and/or managed” the boat and, later, against the employer. The question in suit is whether the compensation awards resulted in a waiver of “ admiralty or interstate…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- South Buffalo Railway Co. v. AhernSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Claim of Ahern v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Orvner D. Biggs v. Norfolk Dredging Company, Samuel J. Clowers v. Tidewater-Raymond-KiewitCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Toland v. Atlantic Gahagan Joint Venture Dredge, No. 1Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- Turner v. Niagara Frontier Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1990
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